Football Inquest

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Football Inquest
GenreSports
Country of originAustralia
Original languageAustralian English

Football Inquest is the name of two Australian television series, which both aired in Melbourne. The first aired 1957 on GTV-9, while the second aired 1960-1974(?) on HSV-7. There was also a South Australian version.

1957[]

The 1957 version was an early Australian television series which ran from 20 April 1957 to 21 September 1957 on Melbourne television station GTV-9. It was a half-hour weekly series broadcast on Saturdays at 7:30PM.

Hosted by Ian Johnson, Phil Gibbs and Jack Mueller,[1][2][3][4][5][6] the series featured also featured V.F.L. players. Sam Loxton was later a regular.[7][8][9][10] The program was simulcast over GTV-9 and 3KZ. Little else is known about the television program, but the radio version certainly predated the simulcast.

1960-1974[]

Hosted by Michael Williamson,[11] the second version was a panel discussion series which debuted 9 April 1960. It ran for several seasons, the last aired in 1974(?) . During its first season, the series was broadcast on Saturdays at 7:00PM, competing in the time-slot against Pick a Box on GTV-9 and the evening news on ABV-2[12]

South Australia[]

A South Australian version ran on Channel 9 in Adelaide in the 1960s and 1970s. Panellists included Max Hall, Ken Cunningham,[13] Lindsay Head, Stan Wickham and Bo Morton.[14]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-1QRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ppUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3749%2C336097
  2. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B1URAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ppUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3721%2C2339852
  3. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E1URAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ppUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3605%2C4297387
  4. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AVURAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ppUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3725%2C1317409
  5. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ozNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2ZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3496%2C886148
  6. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rzNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2ZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3491%2C2824182
  7. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eTpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3606%2C1107027
  8. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hTpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3705%2C3149177
  9. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_lERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4059%2C536857
  10. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ClIRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3686%2C2543922
  11. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-51VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tqkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4161%2C2514602
  12. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LWsRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xsUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4351%2C4468270
  13. ^ KEN G. CUNNINGHAM AM, SANFL Hall of Fame
  14. ^ South Australian Football in the Sixties, p.351, Trevor Gyss, Google Books

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